Doug Thompson

Education

He graduated from Carleton University, with a degree in History and Political Science.

Career

Thompson is also the former mayor of Osgoode Township prior to the amalgamation with the new City of Ottawa. Prior to being mayor of Osgoode, Thompson was a municipal councillor in the township for 14 years. Prior to entering politics, Thompson was a teacher for 35 years before retiring.

He lives in the community of Greely where he has lived since 1967.

He has coached minor hockey and baseball. Thompson served as acting mayor of Ottawa for one month in 2009 while mayor Larry O"Brien took a leave of absence to deal with a criminal investigation.

Thompson was elected as mayor of Osgoode in the 1997 elections, defeating Jim Waddell and the incumbent mayor Lloyd Cranston. Osgoode was amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001.

In the 2003 election he was acclaimed.

Of all the winning candidates of the 2006 municipal elections, Thompson had the highest percentage of donations coming from corporations (819%). Thompson had planned on retiring, but was coaxed to run again. He will however not run again in the 2014 elections.

Achievements

• In the first municipal elections for the amalgamated city, held in 2000, Thompson won a majority of the vote, defeating John Cyr and Dwayne Acres. In 2006, Thompson won in a landslide, defeating Robert Fowler with 85% of the vote. In 2010, Thompson won two thirds of the vote in his ward, defeating Mark Scharfe and Bob Masaro.